The Minor Counties Championship 1905

40 MATCH NUMBER 14 : DORSET V WILTSHIRE At The County Ground, Poole Park, Poole on Friday 30 June, Saturday 1 July 1905 Result: Wiltshire won by ten wickets Points: Wiltshire 3 Toss: Dorset Umpires: Not known Debutants: Dorset 4 (Rev W R H Arundell, A L Gibson, W Harrison, Capt L C Hope); Wiltshire none First day score: Dorset 119; Wiltshire 92-4 wickets (A W Newman 39*, A M Miller 10*) Dorset W Andrew b Smith 25 ( ) c Miller b Overton 17 W H Budge c Newman b Overton 24 ( ) c Newman b Smith 14 P Crimmins c Smart b Smith 23 ( ) b Overton 10 Rev W R H Arundell b Overton 3 ( ) lbw b Overton 6 A L Gibson lbw b Smith 0 ( ) not out 33 * P F C Williams c Usher b Smith 8 ( ) b Overton 4 Capt L C Hope c Smith b Overton 17 ( ) c and b Overton 0 H E Forrester c Usher b Smith 4 ( ) c Overton b Smith 0 J F A Barnard b Overton 0 ( ) c Mathews b Overton 0 + O F Huyshe lbw b Overton 13 ( ) b Newman 9 W Harrison not out 0 ( ) b Smart 5 Extras 2 13 Total 119 111 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 40 58 119 Second innings 111 Smith 29 12 46 5 - - (2) 20 7 36 2 - - Overton 15.4 1 35 5 - - (1) 27.4 11 48 6 - - Smart 11 0 36 0 - - (5) 1 0 1 1 - - Miller (3) 2 0 4 0 - - Newman (4) 4 1 9 1 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 55.4 13 119 10 - - 54.4 19 111 10 - - Wiltshire H M Butterworth lbw b Andrew 5 Smith, W R R c Barnard b Harrison 33 E S Warrilow b Crimmins 0 J K Mathews b Forrester 0 Newman, A W b Harrison 60 * A M Miller c and b Andrew 44 T S Usher run out 0 + F W Stancomb b Andrew 18 Overton, W c Crimmins b Williams 45 (1) not out 1 E S Whitaker not out 10 Smart, T not out 3 (2) not out 2 Extras 10 0 Total (9 wickets declared) 228 (no wickets) 3 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Andrew 18 4 49 3 - - Harrison 15 0 55 2 - - Forrester 17 4 33 1 - - Williams 4 0 18 1 - - (1) 0.4 0 3 0 - - Crimmins 13 1 35 1 - - Barnard 5 1 9 0 - - Gibson 7 3 19 0 - - Extras - - 10 1 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 79 13 228 9 - - 0.4 0 3 0 0 0 Notes: Wiltshire won by ten wickets on the second day. On the first day, the start was delayed until 2.40 pm by a sodden pitch soaked by overnight rain. For the winners, Overton took 11 wickets in the match for 83 runs. Newman scored 60. When he took his third wicket in the Dorset first innings, Smith reached the career milestone of three hundred wickets in championship matches. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Dorset second innings batting order; in Wiltshire first innings boundaries in Newman’s 60; time comp leted.] Sources: Poole Herald 6 July; Salisbury Journal 8 July; Swindon Advertiser 7 July; Wiltshire Advertiser 6 July; Western Daily Press 6 July; Sporting Life 1,3 July; The Sportsman 1,3 July.